| Table A6-1 Packages and Expedited Received - by Delivery Company (Percentage of Pieces Received by Households) Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2006 and 2007 (Diary Data) |
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| Carrier | Percent | ||||||||||
| 1987 | 2006 | 2007 | |||||||||
| United States Postal Service: | |||||||||||
| First-Class and Priority | 15.4 | 40.7 | 29.6 | ||||||||
| Express Mail | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | ||||||||
| Third-Class Single Piece | 2.3 | N/A | N/A | ||||||||
| Standard Mail Total | 25.1 | 20.6 | 24.6 | ||||||||
| Standard Mail Regular | 25.1 | 18.5 | 21.2 | ||||||||
| Standard Mail Regular Enhanced Carrier Route | 0.6 | 0.7 | |||||||||
| Standard Mail Regular Not Flat-Machinable | N/A | N/A | 0.6 | ||||||||
| Standard Mail Nonprofit | 1.2 | 2.0 | |||||||||
| Standard Mail Nonprofit Enhanced Carrier Route | 0.3 | 0.1 | |||||||||
| Standard Mail Nonprofit Not Flat-Machinable | N/A | N/A | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Parcel Post - Total | 4.9 | 6.1 | 7.2 | ||||||||
| Non-DBMC Parcel Post | 4.9 | 1.5 | 2.2 | ||||||||
| DBMC Parcel Post | 4.6 | 5.0 | |||||||||
| Bound Printed Matter - Total | 8.9 | 5.9 | 8.9 | ||||||||
| Single Piece Bound Printed Matter | 2.9 | N/A | N/A | ||||||||
| Bulk Rate Bound Printed Matter | 6.0 | N/A | N/A | ||||||||
| Special Standard Mail ‚ | 9.7 | 3.5 | 3.6 | ||||||||
| Library Rate | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Other/Can't classify | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.0 | ||||||||
| No answer | 3.4 | 2.0 | 0.7 | ||||||||
| Total USPS | 71.7 | 81.1 | 77.9 | ||||||||
| Other Carriers: | |||||||||||
| United Parcel Service Total | 23.6 | 12.0 | 14.6 | ||||||||
| United Parcel Service -- Next Day Air | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | ||||||||
| United Parcel Service -- Second Day Air | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.8 | ||||||||
| United Parcel Service -- 3 Day Select/Ground | 21.1 | 10.7 | 12.2 | ||||||||
| Federal Express | 0.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | ||||||||
| Emery | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | ||||||||
| Roadway | 0.1 | ƒ | ƒ | ||||||||
| DHL/Airborne | N/A | 0.9 | 1.3 | ||||||||
| Other | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Total Other Carriers | 27.8 | 17.6 | 20.4 | ||||||||
| Don't know/no answer | 3.6 | 1.2 | 1.5 | ||||||||
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | ||||||||
| Total Packages Per Household | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | ||||||||
| Data was not collected prior to 1997. | |||||||||||
| ‚Special Standard Mail includes Media Mail. | |||||||||||
| ƒNot collected after 2001. | |||||||||||